Big Deal in Laredo
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Episode 3
| "Big Deal in Laredo" | |
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| DuPont Show of the Week episode | |
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| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 3 |
| Directed by | Fielder Cook |
| Written by | Sidney Carroll |
| Original air date | October 7, 1962 |
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"Big Deal in Laredo" was an American television play broadcast by NBC on October 7, 1962, as part of the television series, DuPont Show of the Week. The production was nominated for Emmy Awards for outstanding single performance by an actor in a leading role (Walter Matthau), outstanding directorial achievement (Fielder Cook), and outstanding writing achievement in drama Sidney Carroll).
While traveling in 1899 with his wife Mary (played by Teresa Wright), Meredith (played by Walter Matthau), a transient farmer, encounters a high-stakes poker game at the Palomar Hotel in Laredo, Texas. The game is between the four richest cattle barons in Texas. One of the four participants, Habershaw, invites Meredith, his wife, and son to watch. Eventually, Meredith is permitted to join the game. After a series of losing hands, Meredith draws an unbeatable hand but suffers a heart attack and collapses. Mary picks up the hand and asks, "How do you play this game?" The local banker gives her a loan to allow her to play the hand, and she wins a huge pot. It is later revealed that Mary and Meredith have run a con.